Combined screen and storm door



(No Model.)

L. GUTHRIE & W. G. BAUMGARDNER.

COMBINED SCREEN AND STORM DOOR.

Patented May 24, 1887..

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS GUTHRIE AND VILLIAM GRAY BAUMGARDNER, OF FILER CITY,

MICHIGAN.

COMBINED SCREEN AND STORM DO OR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363.740, dated May24,1887,

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LOUIS GUTHRIE and WILLIAM GRAY BAUMGARDNER, ofFilerGity, in the county of Manistee and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and Improved Combi ned Screen and Storm Door, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to provide a combined door which may beused either as a screeudoor or as a storm door, this object be ingaccomplished by means of panels which may be secured to or removed fromthe door.

Our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, aswill be herein-- after fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partoflthisspecification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a view of the outer face of a twopanel door, the panelsbeing shown as partially removed. Fig. 2 is a similar view ofafour-panel door. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view taken online 5c of Fig.1, the removable panel being, however, shown in the closed position; andFig. 4 is a sectional plan view taken on line 3 y of Fig. 2, the panelsalso being shown as closed.

In the drawings above referred to, represents the stiles, and 11 therails, that are arranged and. fitted together in the ordinary manner.The stiles and rails are rabbeted-in order to form a seat for the wirenet or screen 12, strips 13 being fitted in the rabbets and against theface of the net or screen. Upon the outer face of the door we securemoldings 15, that are formed with rabbets 16 and fitted together withmiter-joints, as shown at 17, in order that there may be formed a WayWithin which to slide detachable panels 18, the molding upon one side ofthe panel being secured thereto. These panels 18 may be made of anymaterial desired, but for ordinary use we prefer to make them ofthrec'ply veneer; but in case it is desired to make the door burglar- 5proof the panels would preferably be made of slieetiron.

In case of a four-panel door the molding is made double and secured tothe central vertical bar of said door, as best shown in Fig. 4. 5"

The door may be used as an ordinary screendoor by simply removing thepanels and replacing the molding about the screen; but in case of stormyweather the panels would be inserted, and the door would answer the pur-5 pose of an ordinary storm door.

WVe are aware that a door has had a rabbeted opening in which a wirescreen was secured, strips being secured around the edges of the screenon the rabbet, and a panel fitting removably in the rabbeted openingover the strips to cover the screen, and we do not claim the same as ofour invention; but we are not aware that a door has had a screen over anopening therein, three edges of the opening 6 having rabbeted strips ofmolding, a panel sliding in the rabbets of the said strips and carryinga fourth strip of molding to complete border formed by the series ofstrips.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we'claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A door having an opening therein, a screen covering said opening,rabbeted molding around three edges of said opening, a panel sliding inthe ways formed by the rabbets of 'the molding, and a fourth piece ofmolding secured to the outer edge of the panel and completing the borderformed by the said mold ing, substantially as set forth.

LOUIS GUTHRIE. WILLLUI GRAY BAUMGARDNER.

Witnesses:

J. P. BAXTER, AXEL G. BURMAN.

